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CHAPTER X
ON BOARD THE CARPATHIA
AID FOR THE SUFFERING AND HYSTERICAL—BURYING THE DEAD—VOTE
OF THANKS TO CAPTAIN ROSTRON OF THE CARPATHIA—IDENTIFYING
THOSE SAVED—COMMUNICATING WITH LAND—THE
PASSAGE TO NEW YORK.
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TEARS THEIR ONLY RELIEF
Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, wife of the novelist, herself a writer of note, sat dry eyed in the saloon, telling her friends that she had given up hope for her husband. She joined with the rest
"I feel better," Mrs. Futrelle said hours afterward, "for I can cry now."
Among the men conversation centered on the accident and the responsibility for it. Many expressed the belief that the Titanic, in common with other vessels, had had warning of the ice packs, but that in the effort to establish a record on the maiden run sufficient heed had not been paid to the warnings
"God knows I'm not proud to be here," said a rich New York man. "I got on a boat when they were about to lower it and when, from delays below, there was no woman to take the vacant place. I don't think any man who was saved is deserving of censure, but I realize that, in contrast with those who went down, we may be viewed unfavorably." He showed a picture of his baby boy as he spoke.
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CHAPTER X
ON BOARD THE CARPATHIA
AID FOR THE SUFFERING AND HYSTERICAL—BURYING THE DEAD—VOTE
OF THANKS TO CAPTAIN ROSTRON OF THE CARPATHIA—IDENTIFYING
THOSE SAVED—COMMUNICATING WITH LAND—THE
PASSAGE TO NEW YORK.
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